Due to technical and performance issues the content normally seen on Dividends Value will be moving to my new site:

Dividend Growth Stocks

(http://www.dividend-growth-stocks.com/)

This will be my last post on Dividends Value. Tonight I will transfer the feed to Dividend Growth Stocks. This means if you follow Dividends Value by email or by RSS feed you will not have to do anything. If you read online simply click on the link above and bookmark the new site.

I have begun the process of moving the historical content to the new site. Unfortunately, it is not automated, so it will take some time to port it over to the new site. In the future I plan to turn Dividends Value into an automated Dividend News Site.

I apologize for the inconvenience, but I think you will find the new site to be dramatically faster.

Thanks you for your continued support!
D4L

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Over the next several days as I will spend time with those that mean the most to me (and slip in several football games.) As we enter the Christmas season, I see it as a time to reflect on those that mean the most to us. Wealth is a lot more fun when you have loved ones to share it with.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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Dividends4Life.com Reborn

Last year I transitioned my primary blog from Dividends4Life.com to DividendsValue.com. Eventually, I thought the old Dividends4Life site would dry up and die, but it didn’t happen. This year I began posting interesting dividend news on the site twice daily. In a very short time the site has developed a loyal and growing following. Since the conversion, the site has seen over 10,000 page loads each month and more than 350 RSS/Email readers. If you haven’t visited the new Dividends4Life site click here to check it out and you can subscribe by Email or RSS.

D4L-Premium Services

On July 9, 2009, Dividends Value began offering D4L-Premium Services as premium content for serious dividend investors. At the time I hoped to get 20-30 subscribers as my break-even target. It has surpassed all my expectations. Last October D4L-Premium Services had 70 active subscribers. It has now grown to over 260 active subscribers.

During the past year we have introduced new features such as D4L-Data and the D4L-Newsletter. At the request of several subscribers, this January we began offering a discounted annual subscription. Click here for more information on the D4L-Premium Services.

Amazing Growth

As mentioned in Pocket Change Portfolio, I never expected Dividends4Life go anywhere and certainly didn’t expect the growth I have seen over the past three years. Since last October, Dividends Value has averaged over 105,000 page loads per month with a high of 140,371 last January. Our Email/RSS subscriptions have grown from 1,500 subscribers to over 2,300. Dividends Value’s articles are syndicated on several sites, many of which have a large number of followers such as Seeking Alpha with over 34,000 readers following me. I continue to be amazed and humbled at how far these sites have come.

Thanks!

Many thanks to all those that take time from their busy schedule to spend a few minutes with me each week!

There have been so many kind people that I have got to know as a result of my writing. I appreciate all who have faithfully read, commented and supported my sites over the last three years. I am truly excited about the upcoming year.

Best Wishes To All,
D4L

I am an ravenous reader consuming a significant number of dividend articles each day. Many I include in my weekly links article each Sunday. I don’t necessarily agree with everything written, but the articles are often thought provoking. A couple of weeks ago I started experimenting with posting a small excerpt from some of the more interesting articles on Dividends4Life along with a link to the full article. So far, this new format has been well received.

I invite you to check out Dividends4Life’s new format at: http://www.dividends4life.com/

You can subscribe to the RSS feed at: http://feedproxy.google.com/D4L-News

or

You can get a daily email at: http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailverify?uri=D4L-News

All the above options are FREE of charge.  Please let me know what you think of Dividends4Life’s new format.

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While I spend today adding a new year and rolling my spreadsheets over, you may want to look back at the 5 most viewed articles in 2009:

1. The Best Dividend Stocks In The World
2. Ten Dividend Stocks With 50+ Years of Consecutive Increases
3. 15 Hot Dividend Increases
4. 7 Dividend Stocks To Slay The Wall Street Giants
5. The 2010 Dividend Aristocrats

Have a safe prosperous new year!

Over the next several days as I plan to spend time with those that mean the most to me (and slip in several football games:). As we enter the Christmas season, I hope each of you will spend time with those that mean the most to you. Wealth is a lot more fun when you have loved ones to share it with.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

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A New Name and Site

This time last year my primary site was www.Dividends4Life.com, which was run on Blogger. I had some technical issues late last year which led me to create DividendsValue.com and move to a hosted environment running WordPress. On January 31, 2009 Dividends Value saw its first post. Eventually, I thought the old Dividends4Life site would dry up, but it didn’t happen. I continue to post material on it and a loyal group of core readers continue to stop by. As long as it has readers, I will continue to keep it up and running.

Launch of D4L-Premium Services

On July 9, 2009, Dividends Value began offering D4L-Premium Services as premium content for serious dividend investors. Basically, this is an inside look at the information I use to make income investment decisions on the 120+ companies I track. When I originally offered this service, I targeted 25-30 subscribers as the point that would make this viable to continue. It has surpassed all my expectations with over 70 subscribers and an overall retention rate of 90%. Click here for more information on the D4L-Premium Services.

Amazing Growth

As mentioned in Pocket Change Portfolio, I never expected Dividends4Life go anywhere and certainly didn’t expect the growth I have seen over the last two years. This time last year Dividends4Life had over 35,000 page loads per month and over 600 subscribers. Now one year later, Dividends Value in the month of October had over 100,000 page loads and around 1,500 RSS subscribers. October was an exceptional month and I don’t think it will be indicative of a sustainable run-rate going forward. I continue to be amazed and humbled at how far this site has come.

Thanks!

There have been so many people that helped me through these first two years, I couldn’t begin to mention them all, but I would like to offer a sincere and heart-felt thanks each of them.

Last, but by no means least, a special thanks to all of you who have faithfully read, commented and supported my sites over the last two years. I am truly excited about the upcoming year and all the great buying opportunities in the days to come.

Many thanks!
D4L

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